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as in parasite
a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return
the union accused the company executives of being bloodsuckers, since they had given themselves raises at a time when the rank and file were forced to take cuts in their benefits
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as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others
a sleazy lawyer who had a reputation for being a shyster, an ambulance chaser, and an all-around bloodsucker
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Recent Examples of bloodsucker
Researcher Santiago Sánchez-Vicente offers tips to protect yourself from the bloodsuckers this tick season.
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
And as mosquito season has lengthened in recent years amid warming temperatures, some of the bloodsuckers now stick around until December in parts of the Southland.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
The siblings played two very different types of bloodsuckers in their respective roles.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Remmick wants to pull Sammie’s music into his homogeneous blob of bloodsuckers, and likely use it to attract more innocents into the vampire circle.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
And as mosquito season has lengthened in recent years amid warming temperatures, some of the bloodsuckers now stick around until December in parts of the Southland.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
The siblings played two very different types of bloodsuckers in their respective roles.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Remmick wants to pull Sammie’s music into his homogeneous blob of bloodsuckers, and likely use it to attract more innocents into the vampire circle.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodsucker
Noun
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He and some Prodigy soldiers are sent to the Maginot crash site to look for survivors, but two of them are quickly picked off by a blood-sucking parasite.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Unbeknownst to them, that stomach issue was actually a parasite.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
9 Aug. 2025
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The temporary crowns did look oddly artificial—like the plastic vampire teeth that children wear, except more elegant.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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In Memoriam looks at these vampires and how they’ve been thrust into the limelight due to the Gehenna War.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Roblox — The stock dropped more than 7% after Louisiana's attorney general sued the video game company for allegedly enabling child predators on its platform.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Their primary predators include raccoons, fish, reptiles and other crayfish.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Bloodsucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodsucker. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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